Terps win NCAA title over N.C.

November 22, 1993|By From Staff Reports

PISCATAWAY, N.J. -- The third-seeded Maryland field hockey team claimed its second national championship with a 2-1 victory on penalty strokes over second-seeded North Carolina before 1,773 at Rutgers University yesterday.

Maryland (22-3) won its first NCAA title, also 2-1 over North Carolina, in 1987, the Terps' only other appearance in the title game.

Yesterday's game ended in a 1-1 tie and remained tied through two 15-minute sudden-death overtime periods.